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Canada eyes next helicopter contest after SAR selection
CANADA IS EXPECTED to release a request for proposals for 32-35 naval helicopters soon after announcing the selection of a new search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopter in September or October. The choice of machine to meet the 15-aircraft Canadian SAR Helicopter (CSH) requirement is expected to influence the Canadian Forces' ...
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Olympic deal swells A340 orderbook
Max Kingsley-Jones/London Olympic Airways has followed on the heels of Air Canada in deciding to replace its Boeing 747 "Classics" with Airbus A340s, and will take delivery of the first of up to six -300s in 1998. The airline, which has signed a contract for two ...
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Airbus poised to fly first long-range A330-200.
General Electric has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for the latest version of the Airbus A330's CF6-80E1 engine, the 312kN (70,000lb)-thrust A4, following a 17-month certification programme. The engine is the launch powerplant on the new long-range A330-200 derivative, which is scheduled to have its maiden flight on 13 ...
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Sirocco's Tu-204-120 flies Irish tests
Sirocco Aerospace International, the operation set up by Egyptian conglomerate Kato Aromatic to lease the Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120, brought the first of its aircraft to Ireland for testing in late July. The aircraft underwent four days of certification testing for Category 2 instrument-landing-system approaches and landings. Source: ...
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GE fits new combustors to CF6-80C2 powerplants
General Electric (GE) is being forced to fit new combustors to a batch of 213 CF6-80C2 engines, which have been found to be defective. According to Lufthansa Technik (LHT), which is offering on-location exchanges of the combustors to affected airlines, GE has found that the splash plates (which ...
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Chinese safety scrutinised after China Northern MD-82 overrun
Paul Lewis/Singapore Chinese air safety is coming under renewed scrutiny after a China Northern Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 was badly damaged during an aborted take-off from Dalian Airport in the north of China. The aircraft suffered about $10.5 million worth of damage after overrunning the end ...
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Crossair fleet evaluation forces rethink on telephones
Crossair has terminated plans for a major in-flight telephone order as the regional airline reconsiders its long-term fleet strategy. The airline, which flies a mix of Saab 340s, 2000s, Aero International (Regional) Avro RJ85s/ 100s and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-80s, had been poised to conclude a deal with ...
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Finnair and Lufthansa break six-year link
Finnair and Lufthansa have formally severed their six year link, with co-operation due to be broken off at the end of October. The two airlines have been co-operating on services between Finland and Germany since 1991, but the relationship cooled after Lufthansa formed a strategic alliance with Finnair's ...
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French first-class airline prepares to launch
A new French airline claiming to offer "affordable full first-class service to every passenger" is scheduled to be launched in September. Operating from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, Fairlines will fly initially on routes within Europe, serving the major cities. The airline plans to start flying in November ...
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Fine Air cargo DC-8 crashes soon after take-off from Miami
A FINE AIR McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 freighter (N27UA) with four people on board crashed on 7 August while attempting to take off from Miami International Airport. The four people, including three flightcrew and a security guard, are believed to have been killed. The DC-8, which was being operated ...
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Gulf between France and USA over open skies grows wider
Julian Moxon/PARIS Differences between France and the USA over an open-skies agreement have widened following US insistence that Air France's proposed alliances with Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines will not be approved until a bilateral between the two countries is concluded. The French Government has ...
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Grey closes on Aussie start-up
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Australian airline entrepreneur Bryan Grey hopes to secure a partner soon to help fund his proposed start-up airline Aussie Air, with Malaysia Airlines (MAS)tipped as a likely contender. Grey, who was founder of Compass Airlines which went into liquidation in 1991, has told a ...
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Marketplace
++ Varig Brazil has signed a letter of intent with GE Capital Aviation Services for the lease of three new Boeing 737-300s for five years. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin later this year. ++ Monarch has taken a Lockheed TriStar on sub-wet lease from Air Atlanta Icelandic for five ...
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-as New Zealand gets new regional charter airline
A New Zealand-based regional charter airline has been formed and will launch operations from the city of Nelson on the country's South Island with a fleet of 18-seat aircraft. OriginPacific Airways has been set up by Robert Inglis, the founder of regional carrier Air Nelson, which was eventually ...
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An-74 delivered to Iran
Iran has taken delivery of the first two of ten Antonov An-74-200s on order from the Ukraine's State Aviation Production Company of Kharkov. The remainder will be delivered by the end of 1997. The An-74-200 can carry either 52 passengers over a range of 2,800km (1,500nm), or 10t of cargo ...
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Airlines oppose FAA 747 recommendations
AIRLINE organisations have collectively told the US Federal Aviation Administration that more study is required before the agency orders any costly changes in the way it certificates commercial-aircraft fuel tanks. They question the efficiency of measures recommended by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for preventing the ...
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Qantas considers NZ options-
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas is now considering at least three options for entry into the New Zealand domestic market. Following Air New Zealand's (ANZ) acquisition of a 50% stake in competitor Ansett Australia, the two national carriers have severed all commercial links, leaving Qantas without an adequate presence on ...
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Douglas airliner range comes under scrutiny
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCGuy Norris/Los Angeles Boeing has begun to study the future of the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) airliner range following the combination of the two companies, which began as promised on 4 August. A team led by Richard Pearson, who has managed the Boeing Commercial Airplane ...
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Cathay profits dip as traffic disappoints
Cathay Pacific Airways saw profits for the first half fall marginally under pressure from currency fluctuations, an unexpected drop in traffic and the recent grounding of its Airbus A330-300 aircraft fleet. The Hong Kong carrier reported a net profit of just above HK$1 billion ($130 million) for the ...
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Strong dollar helps Dasa return to profit in first half
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) has swung back into profits over the first half of 1997, helped by rising aircraft sales and a strengthening US dollar. Dasa turned in first-half net profits of DM74 million ($40 million), an improvement on the disastrous performance a year ago, when the company's losses ...